| 释义 |
orfe|ɔːf|
[a. Ger. orfe, F. orfe, orphe; cf. L. orphus (Pliny), a. Gr. ὀρϕός a kind of sea-perch.]
A golden yellow variety of the ide (Leuciscus idus), long domesticated in Germany, acclimatized in England in the 19th c.
[1706Phillips, Orphus, the Sea-rough; a kind of fish.] 1879Webster Supp., Orf, a European semi-domesticated fish of the carp family. 1884Century Mag. Apr. 904/1 The gold-orfe or golden-ide [is] a fish bred for both ornament and the table. 1886Athenæum 8 May 619/1 The orfe and the golden tench have been acclimatized in England. |